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INNOVATION RESOURCES FOR COMPANIES AND ORGANIZATIONSInnovation GuideA N N U A L INSIDE

Research Infosource welcomes you

to its inaugural issue of Canada’s

Innovation Leaders: Annual Inno-

vation Guide. If you are a business owner

or manager the Annual Innovation Guide

should be of particular interest to you. Our

mission is to showcase for a business and

non-government audience, some of the

many sources of support for research, inno-

vation and commercialization that reside

in our leading public sector institutions

– government departments and agencies,

colleges, universities, hospitals, business

incubators and accelerators, research cen-

tres and networks, municipal economic

development offices – the list goes on.

What these diverse organizations

have in common is a desire to work

with companies, entrepreneurs, and non-

governmental organizations like yours to

help accelerate the pace of research, inno-

vation, commercialization, marketing and

sales for products or services.

Every year Canadian taxpayers fund

billions of dollars of activity in public

sector research and commercialization

organizations. The Annual Innovation

Guide is designed to help business own-

ers and managers harness that wealth of

activity to their own benefit. We know

that with the plethora of public sec-

tor support programs it can be daunting

for business owners and managers to

navigate the many sources of help. That’s

why one of your first ports of call should

be to the Concierge Service that is

offered by the National Research

Council’s Industrial Research and Assistance

Program (IRAP). Concierge is a free service

designed to help you find the right sources

of support for your organization no matter

where in Canada you reside.

Toronto’s Ryerson University is one of

Canada’s fast-growing research universi-

ties. Ryerson offers partner companies

and organizations assistance in talent,

sourcing funding opportunities, research,

commercialization and internationaliza-

tion. In the words of Dr. Wendy Cukier,

Vice President, Research and Innovation

“Our research trajectory has been amazing,

in part because we combine research

excellence with relevance. Because of

Ryerson’s polytechnic roots, many of our

faculty have worked outside of the

university and see real win-win

scenarios in working with part-

ners to address real world needs.

We are committed to excellence in

research but also to promoting inno-

vation to drive economic and social

development. While our strength in

science and engineering and in devel-

oping new technologies is well known,

our researchers in social sciences,

humanities and design are also critical

to driving innovation in new products

and services as well as organizational

and systems change.”

Or, take the Ontario Centres of

Excellence. OCE co-invests with com-

panies and organizations like yours to

commercialize innovation originating in

the province’s publicly funded colleges,

universities and research hospitals. It

also supports and invests in early-stage

projects, where the probability of com-

mercial success and potential total return

on innovation are substantial.

Eastern Canada businesses, especially,

will be interested in the research, entrepre-

neurship and innovation services offered

by Collège communautaire du Nouveau-

Brunswick (CCNB). Over the past

decade, CCNB has stepped up its efforts to

support and promote innovation and

technology integration initiatives in the

Atlantic provinces’ industrial and manu-

facturing sectors.

At the University of Guelph, the

Catalyst Centre provides a single-window

approach to technology transfer and indus-

trial liaison, while the Centre for Business

and Social Entrepreneurship (CBaSE) con-

nects young leaders with opportunities for

growth via courses, start-up incubation and

experiential learning opportunities.

George Brown College is another of

Canada’s leading research colleges. GBC

has the industry connections and the

expertise to accelerate your company or

organization’s research and commercial-

ization and to link with future employees.

Companies in Southwestern Ontario

can look to Lambton College for support.

Lambton Applied Research & Innovation

works with its partners to develop a tail-

ored working model ranging from direct

research contracts to collaborative proj-

ects supported by public funding.

If your company or organization is

active in wireless technology, Wavefront,

Canada’s Centre of Excellence for Wireless

Commercialization and Research, is keen to

Opening Doors to Research,

Innovation and Commercialization

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WAVEFRONT—CANADA’S CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE

FOR WIRELESS COMMERCIALIZATION AND RESE ARCH (CECR)

Accelerating Wireless Innovation for the Benefit of Canadians

Wavefront is Canada’s Centre of Excellence for Wireless

Commercialization and Research (CECR), accelerating the

growth and success of wireless companies by connecting them

with critical resources, partners and opportunities, to drive

economic and social benefits for Canada.

Generating ROI and Building the National Economy

During the first four years of its CECR, Wavefront:

• Generated almost $37 million in GDP

• Achieved almost five-fold economic return on every dollar

of public funding invested (measured in terms of GDP)

• Contributed to the creation of 574 cumulative new jobs

across Canada

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CEOResearch Infosource Inc.

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Geographic

Organization Program Reach Contact Description

Entrepreneurship &

Innovation - Research & Industrial Services

Canada’s Centre

of Excellence

for Wireless Commercialization and

Research

Collège communautaire du

Nouveau-Brunswick (CCNB)

Wavefront

Eastern Canada

Canada

Sylvain Poirier

[email protected]

ccnb.ca/entrepreneurship-et-

innovation/research-and-

industrial-services.aspx

Karen Mitchell

778-331-7500

[email protected]

www.wavefrontac.com

@wavefrontAC

InnovatIon Support DIrectory ADvisORy seRviCes

Canada’s Innovation Leaders: AnnuAl innovAtion Guide, a Research Infosource Inc. Publication March 27, 2015

In an increasingly competitive and

ever-changing world, our government

knows that science policy needs to be

both flexible and forward-looking.

Our original Science and Technology

Strategy, released in 2007, helped guide

the government through significant invest-

ments across the board. Even during the

global economic recession, Prime Minister

Stephen Harper’s commitment to funding

Canadian science did not waver.

In all, since 2006 we have provided

more than $11 billion in new resources

for basic and applied research, talent

development, research infrastructure, and

innovative activities in the private sec-

tor. Our government’s record support is

essential to strengthening our position as

an international science, technology and

innovation leader.

In fact, Canada leads the G-7 in terms

of R&D investments at universities, col-

leges and research institutes. Evidence of

these investments can be witnessed across

the country: The University of Victoria

boasts the world’s most powerful micro-

scope. The Perimeter Institute is widely

seen as the world’s foremost centre for

theoretical physics, an anchor institution

for Waterloo’s growing “Quantum Valley.”

Université Laval’s arctic research pro-

grams are benefitting Canada’s north-

ern communities. And ground-breaking

chemistry research by Dalhousie’s Axel

Becke, the most recent Gerhard Herzberg

prize winner, is among the most cited

in the world. We excel internationally in

genomics, aerospace, clean energy, cyber-

security – the list goes on.

However, Canada must continue to lever-

age its competitive strengths and expand its

strong entrepreneurial spirit into a broader

business innovation culture. The updated

strategy, Seizing Canada’s Moment: Mov-

ing Forward in Science, Technology and

Innovation 2014 provides a vision and a

roadmap toward addressing persistent

challenges in business innovation, while

sustaining our strength in discovery and

developing, attracting and retaining the most

talented researchers in the world.

It sets out how we will harness the

power of Canadian ingenuity, discovery,

and invention to create jobs, increase

prosperity and improve our quality of life.

It reaffirms and builds on two exist-

ing pillars from the first strategy, namely

“people” and “knowledge,” and it enhances

and broadens the scope of the third pillar to

include “innovation.”

By focusing on people, we will

strengthen the skills and capacity that

keep Canada at the forefront of research

and innovation. We continue to invest in

knowledge – in the form of research and

infrastructure – as we strengthen sup-

port for excellence across the spectrum

of discovery-driven and applied research

activities, and we will make Canada a

world leader in targeted research areas to

create long-term economic advantages.

The third pillar will foster innova-

tion, building greater partnerships among

businesses and the research community

to help Canadian companies compete

and win in the global marketplace.

We are also expanding the scope of our

targeted research priorities.

In addition to the environment, natu-

ral resources and energy, health and life

sciences, and information and commu-

nications technologies, we have added

agriculture and advanced manufacturing

as priority areas. To the casual observer,

advanced manufacturing might appear to

be an odd choice- however, the 1.7 million

Canadians employed by manufacturing

support the development of new materi-

als, processes, and high-value products,

essential to countless scientific disci-

plines and industries ranging from bio-

pharmaceuticals to telecommunications.

Economic Action Plan 2014 signifi-

cantly supported the objectives of the new

strategy with the announcement of the

Canada First Research Excellence Fund.

The Excellence Fund is a legacy invest-

ment of $1.5 billion over ten years to drive

Canadian university and college research

from world-class to world-leading, creating

long-term economic benefits for Canada.

The Excellence Fund has been

designed to offer institutions maximum

flexibility in making strategic research

investments in the pursuit of global excel-

lence, including through greater Canadian

and international collaborations across

multiple disciplines and with or without

industrial partners.

Powered by investments like the

Excellence Fund and guided by Canada’s

updated strategy, our government will

continue to strengthen Canada’s leader-

ship position in science and business

innovation while creating jobs, prosper-

ity and an improved quality of life for

Canadians.

Updated Science Strategy Expands Harper

Government’s Focus on Innovation

New federal research priorities include Advanced Manufacturing

Advisory services offered in 1) agro-forestry, agro-innovation, precision

agriculture, soil and water conservation; 2) bio-fuels, bio-products and

scale-up of processes based on microbial fermentation, enzymatic

hydrolysis, bio-separation, chemical process technologies; and

3) development of mechanical processes, prototyping and concept

validation, technological integration and development of assembly

processes, by metallurgy/welding technologies expert team.


Commercialization and Research, accelerating the growth and success of

wireless companies by connecting them with critical resources, partners

and opportunities, to drive economic and social benefits for Canada.

We provide Accelerator and Mentorship Programs, Advisory Services,

Training, Technical Services, Market Linkages, and Funding.

The Honourable Ed Holder

Minister of State

(Science and Technology)

Incubators, Accelerators & Research ParksWhether you are looking to nurture a great idea, grow a start-up company or relocate an established enterprise,

these organizations can help put you on the road to success.

Geographic


The Hub is available to University of Guelph students and alumni working on

innovative projects. Eligible teams must have at least one co-founder who is a

current University of Guelph student or alumnus between the ages of 18 to 29.

The Hub supports businesses in the beverage and food, life

sciences, agriculture or social enterprise sectors.

Access to hundreds of qualified trades personnel. Assistance with

industrial solutions. Manufacturing sites. Access to capital.

Technical incubation capacity that provides opportunities for researchers as

well as start-ups and well established companies in the biotechnology sector

to test their products or processes at near-production scale thus validating

their technologies before undertaking commercial production or negotiating

the value of their technology with a licensee.

For Eligible Entrepreneurs, Startups and SMEs:

• Provision of Co-location, Incubation, Collaboration and Program Space at

Innovation Park in Kingston, including Provision of Facilities Services

• Provision of Mentorship and Embedded Management Services in Eastern Ontario

• Delivery of Acceleration Programs in Kingston

• Match-Making to Enable Access to Resources in Kingston and Region

Campus Linked Accelerators fund post-secondary institutions to promote

a culture of entrepreneurship among students and youth and integrate

entrepreneurial activities with investors, industry, and other stakeholders.

The program aims to help Ontario accelerate commercialization of ideas

from its world-class institutions, develop business leaders and build

competitive regional innovation ecosystems.

Emergence is a national virtual business incubator dedicated to assisting

start-ups and growth stage companies in the bioscience and food sectors.

The Emergence program provides companies at all stages of Development

with the long-term support and guidance they require to efficiently bring their

products and services to market.

The Digital Media Zone (DMZ) at Ryerson University is one of Canada’s

largest business incubators and co-working spaces for entrepreneurs. The

top-ranked university incubator in Canada and fifth in the world helps startups

succeed by connecting them with customers, advisors, influencers and other

entrepreneurs.

Wavefront is Canada’s Centre of Excellence for Wireless Commercialization and

Research, accelerating the growth and success of wireless companies by connect-

ing them with critical resources, partners and opportunities, to drive economic and

social benefits for Canada. We provide Accelerator and Mentorship Programs,

Advisory Services, Training, Technical Services, Market Linkages, and Funding.

The Hub Incubator

Industrial Design &

Manufacturing Centre

Biorefinery Technology

Scale-Up Centre (BTSC) / Centre précommercial de technologies en bioprocédés (CPTB)

Canada Accelerator

and Incubator Program

(CAIP) – Incubation

and Acceleration at

Innovation Park

Campus Linked Accelerator Program

Emergence BioIncubator

Digital Media Zone

(DMZ)

Canada’s Centre of Excellence for Wireless Commercialization

and Research

The Centre for Business and

Social Entrepreneurship

City of Port Alberni



Innovation Park at Queen’s University

Ontario Centres of Excellence

Prince Edward Island BioAlliance

Ryerson University

Wavefront

Ontario

Canada

Eastern Canada

Eastern Ontario

Ontario

International

International

Canada

Ahren Brunow519-824-4120 ext 56675

[email protected]

uoguelph.ca/cbase/thehub

@cbase_uog

Pat [email protected]

www.portalberni.ca

@CPAecdev

Josée [email protected]




Janice Mady [email protected]

www.innovationpark.ca

@InnovationCan

Binny Arora416-861-1092 ext 1037

[email protected]

www.oce-ontario.org/programs/

entrepreneurship-programs/CLAs

@OCEInnovation

Daniela Fischer Russell

[email protected]

www.emergencebioincubator.com

@BioSciencePEI

Abdullah Snobar416-979-5000 ext 2857

[email protected]

@ryersondmz

Karen [email protected]

www.wavefrontac.com

@wavefrontAC

InnovatIon Support DIrectory InCubatORs, aCCeleRatORs

& ReseaRCh PaRks

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INNOVATION SUPPORTThe Annual Innovation Guide (AIG) makes your key business

audience aware of the innovation resources you can provide in

seven important areas:

• Advisory Services

• Facilities & Equipment

• Financial Support

• Incubators, Accelerators & Research Parks

• Research Services

• Talent

• Tech Transfer & Commercialization

REACH YOUR MARKETCIL’s Annual Innovation Guide’s audience is science, technology and research-oriented businesses and organizations across Canada that are

looking for help to achieve their research and innovation objectives.

The AIG is distributed in conjunction with the respected National Post.

Coverage in Atlantic Canada is provided through Progress Magazine, and

the AIG reaches a senior government audience through distribution in

The Hill Times.

About

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Advisory Services Looking to grow or expand your technology-oriented business? These groups have the technical and business know-how to assist you.

Geographic Organization Program Reach Contact Description

Entrepreneurship & Innovation - Research & Industrial Services

Canada’s Centre of Excellence for Wireless Commercialization and Research

Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick (CCNB)

Wavefront

Eastern Canada

Canada

Sylvain Poirier [email protected]/entrepreneurship-et-innovation/research-and-industrial-services.aspx

Karen Mitchell778-331-7500 [email protected] @wavefrontAC



In an increasingly competitive and ever-changing world, our government knows that science policy needs to be

both flexible and forward-looking. Our original Science and Technology

Strategy, released in 2007, helped guide the government through significant invest-ments across the board. Even during the global economic recession, Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s commitment to funding Canadian science did not waver.

In all, since 2006 we have provided more than $11 billion in new resources for basic and applied research, talent development, research infrastructure, and innovative activities in the private sec-tor. Our government’s record support is

essential to strengthening our position as an international science, technology and innovation leader.

In fact, Canada leads the G-7 in terms of R&D investments at universities, col-leges and research institutes. Evidence of these investments can be witnessed across the country: The University of Victoria boasts the world’s most powerful micro-scope. The Perimeter Institute is widely seen as the world’s foremost centre for theoretical physics, an anchor institution for Waterloo’s growing “Quantum Valley.” Université Laval’s arctic research pro-grams are benefitting Canada’s north-ern communities. And ground-breaking chemistry research by Dalhousie’s Axel Becke, the most recent Gerhard Herzberg prize winner, is among the most cited in the world. We excel internationally in genomics, aerospace, clean energy, cyber-security – the list goes on.

However, Canada must continue to lever-age its competitive strengths and expand its strong entrepreneurial spirit into a broader

business innovation culture. The updated strategy, Seizing Canada’s Moment: Mov-ing Forward in Science, Technology and Innovation 2014 provides a vision and a roadmap toward addressing persistent challenges in business innovation, while sustaining our strength in discovery and developing, attracting and retaining the most talented researchers in the world.

It sets out how we will harness the power of Canadian ingenuity, discovery, and invention to create jobs, increase prosperity and improve our quality of life.

It reaffirms and builds on two exist-ing pillars from the first strategy, namely “people” and “knowledge,” and it enhances and broadens the scope of the third pillar to include “innovation.”

By focusing on people, we will strengthen the skills and capacity that keep Canada at the forefront of research and innovation. We continue to invest in knowledge – in the form of research and infrastructure – as we strengthen sup-port for excellence across the spectrum

of discovery-driven and applied research activities, and we will make Canada a world leader in targeted research areas to create long-term economic advantages.

The third pillar will foster innova-tion, building greater partnerships among businesses and the research community to help Canadian companies compete and win in the global marketplace.

We are also expanding the scope of our targeted research priorities.

In addition to the environment, natu-ral resources and energy, health and life sciences, and information and commu-nications technologies, we have added agriculture and advanced manufacturing as priority areas. To the casual observer, advanced manufacturing might appear to be an odd choice- however, the 1.7 million Canadians employed by manufacturing support the development of new materi-als, processes, and high-value products, essential to countless scientific disci-plines and industries ranging from bio- pharmaceuticals to telecommunications.

Economic Action Plan 2014 signifi-cantly supported the objectives of the new strategy with the announcement of the Canada First Research Excellence Fund. The Excellence Fund is a legacy invest-ment of $1.5 billion over ten years to drive Canadian university and college research from world-class to world-leading, creating long-term economic benefits for Canada.

The Excellence Fund has been designed to offer institutions maximum flexibility in making strategic research investments in the pursuit of global excel-lence, including through greater Canadian and international collaborations across multiple disciplines and with or without industrial partners.

Powered by investments like the Excellence Fund and guided by Canada’s updated strategy, our government will continue to strengthen Canada’s leader-ship position in science and business innovation while creating jobs, prosper-ity and an improved quality of life for Canadians.

Updated Science Strategy Expands HarperGovernment’s Focus on InnovationNew federal research priorities include Advanced Manufacturing

Advisory services offered in 1) agro-forestry, agro-innovation, precision agriculture, soil and water conservation; 2) bio-fuels, bio-products and scale-up of processes based on microbial fermentation, enzymatic hydrolysis, bio-separation, chemical process technologies; and3) development of mechanical processes, prototyping and concept validation, technological integration and development of assembly processes, by metallurgy/welding technologies expert team.

Wavefront is Canada’s Centre of Excellence for Wireless Commercialization and Research, accelerating the growth and success of wireless companies by connecting them with critical resources, partners and opportunities, to drive economic and social benefits for Canada. We provide Accelerator and Mentorship Programs, Advisory Services, Training, Technical Services, Market Linkages, and Funding.

The Honourable Ed HolderMinister of State (Science and Technology)

Page 8 Canada’s Innovation Leaders: ANNUAL INNOVATION GUIDE, a Research Infosource Inc. Publication March 27, 2015

Facilities & EquipmentDo you require access to unique facilities and equipment for testing or development, and the expertise that goes along with them? Organizations can provide you with access to state-of-the-art resources.


Mobile pre-production scale equipment (fermentation and distillation system; biodiesel production system; biogas production system) unique in Atlantic Canada and a well equipped analytical laboratory (HPLC-DAD, GC-FID-MS, spectrophotometers, steam fractionation system; Ankom system; bioreactors/fermenters; reverse osmosis system; GEA � ltration systems; micromalter; microbrewery), staffed by an industrial services oriented research team.

Biore� nery Technology Scale-Up Centre (BTSC) / Centre précommercial de technologies en bioprocédés (CPTB)

Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick (CCNB)

Eastern Canada Josée [email protected]/entrepreneurship-et-innovation/research-and-industrial-services.aspx

INNOVATION SUPPORT DIRECTORY FACILITIES & EQUIPMENT

Real-world applied researchReal-time industry solutions

Discover Innovation at georgebrown.ca/research

This is what applied research looks like

It’s no secret – Ontario strives to be the top global jurisdiction for research excellence. Attracting,

retaining and growing research talent helps support economically important sectors and leads to discoveries that bring tangible benefits to Ontarians.

Our province already generates nearly 50% of Canada’s research output, has the fastest growing clean tech sector in Canada, and ranks second in North America, after California, for the num-ber of ICT establishments1. But global competition is fierce.

That’s why Ontario is intensifying efforts to strengthen high-growth sec-tors, including ICT, advanced manufac-turing and life sciences. We’re doing this by working with our partners through the entire innovation continuum – from research to commercialization and beyond.

This begins with ensuring we have a workforce with the right skills and knowledge. Ontario is continuing to boost its innovation and research

capacity, and more than 38,000 science, technology, engineering and mathematics students now graduate each year from our world-class univer-sities and colleges.2

Through Ontario’s Youth Jobs Strategy, virtually every campus now has programing available for the next generation of entrepreneurs, including mentorship and resources to start their own businesses. The province also cre-ated the Ontario Network of Entre-preneurs (ONE) to help people turn ideas and discoveries into marketable products and services. Last year alone, it helped launch more than 900 tech-based firms3.

Building an exceptional foundation of talent has allowed us to make strategic

investments in research – over one bil-lion dollars since 2003 – which have leveraged an additional $2.8 billion in funding. The province is developing and attracting researchers to lead globally-recognized organizations such as the Perimeter Institute, the Ontario Brain Institute and the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research. International compa-nies, like OpenText and Cisco, are also continuing to choose Ontario to expand operations and create jobs – a strong endorsement of our depth of talent.

The final part of Ontario’s innovation continuum includes building a strong risk capital ecosystem through programs like the Ontario Venture Capital Fund and the Northleaf Venture Catalyst Fund. At least 18 new seed and venture capital

funds have been established in Ontario since 20114. Start-ups here are attracting the interest of leading global investors, including Ottawa-based Shopify, which has reached a market valuation of more than one billion dollars.

We have a lot to be proud of in Ontario, and with a clear plan centered around investing in talent, research and collaboration, I know Ontario will con-tinue to build on our innovation agenda.

1 Statistics Canada, US Bureau of Labour Statistics, ICT/Life Sciences unit analysis.2 Statistics Canada, Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities.3 RCE Deck: Ontario’s Innovation and Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, January 2015.4 Provided by RCE Division.

Ontario’s Aggressive Innovation Agenda

The Honourable Reza MoridiMinister of Research and InnovationMinister of Training, Colleges and Universities


Ryerson University

University of Guelph

Wavefront


Tech Transfer & CommercializationCanada’s universities, government labs, colleges and hospitals are home to world-beating technologies ready for you to take the next step towards commercialization. Contact them for details on accessing their technology and intellectual property.


Directly funds early-stage commercialization by start-up companies to support growth into scalable businesses. Supports both Customer Creation and Company Building stages of Customer Development Model, as defined by Lean Start-up principles. Applying its de-risking expertise, OCE helps early-stage companies attract the private investors and other funders they need to grow.

RC4 brings together industry, researchers and start-ups to develop and apply cloud and context-aware technologies to commercialize research, improve business processes and create new products and services. RC4 also includes the Ryerson Transmedia Centre; the Advanced Manufac-turing, Design and 3D Printing Lab; and the Ryerson Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing Lab.

The Catalyst Centre (CC) is University of Guelph’s technology transfer and industrial liaison office, overseeing all aspects of the University’s intellectual property (IP) management and technology commercializa-tion activities. The Industry Liaison Program helps form valuable applied research partnerships by connecting industry’s R&D needs with U of G expertise and resources.

Wavefront is Canada’s Centre of Excellence for Wireless Commercial-ization and Research, accelerating the growth and success of wireless companies by connecting them with critical resources, partners and opportunities, to drive economic and social benefits for Canada. We provide Accelerator and Mentorship Programs, Advisory Services, Training, Technical Services, Market Linkages, and Funding.

Market Readiness Program

Ryerson Centre for Cloud and Context-Aware Computing (RC4)

Catalyst Centre

Canada’s Centre of Excellence for Wireless Commercialization and Research

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Ontario

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Jennifer Moles416-861-1092 ext [email protected]/programs/commercialization-programs/market-readiness @OCEInnovation John MacRitchie416-979-5000 ext [email protected] @ryersonrc4

Melissa Williams519-824-4120 ext [email protected]/catalystcentre @catalystcentre

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The Hill Times, University Affairs, Progress

Magazine and 40+ Global Affairs Canada

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the premier national print vehicle for promot-

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companies, hospitals and colleges that are

enhancing Canada’s global competitiveness in

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Our eagerly awaited lists included in Cana-

da’s Innovation Leaders rank the Who’s Who

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innovation across Canada.

RE$EARCH Infosource Inc. also provides

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Feature Editorials:The Honourable Navdeep Singh Bains (Invited)

Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development

Mr. John R. McDougallPresident, National Research Council (NRC)

Dr. B. Mario PintoPresident, Natural Sciences and Engineering

Research Council of Canada (NSERC)

Dr. Tom CorrPresident and CEO, Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE)

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In an increasingly competitive and

ever-changing world, our government

knows that science policy needs to be

both flexible and forward-looking.

Our original Science and Technology

Strategy, released in 2007, helped guide

the government through significant invest-

ments across the board. Even during the

global economic recession, Prime Minister

Stephen Harper’s commitment to funding

Canadian science did not waver.

In all, since 2006 we have provided

more than $11 billion in new resources

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innovation leader.

In fact, Canada leads the G-7 in terms

of R&D investments at universities, col-

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these investments can be witnessed across

the country: The University of Victoria

boasts the world’s most powerful micro-

scope. The Perimeter Institute is widely

seen as the world’s foremost centre for

theoretical physics, an anchor institution

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Université Laval’s arctic research pro-

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chemistry research by Dalhousie’s Axel

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security – the list goes on.

However, Canada must continue to lever-

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strong entrepreneurial spirit into a broader

business innovation culture. The updated

strategy, Seizing Canada’s Moment: Mov-

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roadmap toward addressing persistent

challenges in business innovation, while

sustaining our strength in discovery and

developing, attracting and retaining the most

talented researchers in the world.

It sets out how we will harness the

power of Canadian ingenuity, discovery,

and invention to create jobs, increase

prosperity and improve our quality of life.

It reaffirms and builds on two exist-

ing pillars from the first strategy, namely

“people” and “knowledge,” and it enhances

and broadens the scope of the third pillar to

include “innovation.”

By focusing on people, we will

strengthen the skills and capacity that

keep Canada at the forefront of research

and innovation. We continue to invest in

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infrastructure – as we strengthen sup-

port for excellence across the spectrum

of discovery-driven and applied research

activities, and we will make Canada a

world leader in targeted research areas to

create long-term economic advantages.

The third pillar will foster innova-

tion, building greater partnerships among

businesses and the research community

to help Canadian companies compete

and win in the global marketplace.

We are also expanding the scope of our

targeted research priorities.

In addition to the environment, natu-

ral resources and energy, health and life

sciences, and information and commu-

nications technologies, we have added

agriculture and advanced manufacturing

as priority areas. To the casual observer,

advanced manufacturing might appear to

be an odd choice- however, the 1.7 million

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als, processes, and high-value products,

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Economic Action Plan 2014 signifi-

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Canada First Research Excellence Fund.

The Excellence Fund is a legacy invest-

ment of $1.5 billion over ten years to drive

Canadian university and college research

from world-class to world-leading, creating

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and international collaborations across

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industrial partners.

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The Digital Media Zone (DMZ) at Ryerson University is one of Canada’s

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